Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-04-07
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sand-in his sugar.
Jay Gould is very short man ~
never knows what it is to be short 2
No, indeed. Drunmers are not a.
ed because they are always on the y =
Teeth pulled while you wair
sign which adonrs dentists offlcst;.S
York
Many man is always ready to M.
respects to you who will never nav =!
of enything else.
Women will never make good base r.,
players. They are too much addicts5
the muff,
We read of case of suspended ami,
ton in Philadelphia. We had sunnos.
that that wat the regular thing in PM
delphia.
The last juror of the Cleary trial
an oil dealer. He will be very usefn
smoothing the troubled waters OF deb,1
At fire in Cevington, XIV. rece,s
2000 barrels of whiskey were consnr'.
How those Kentuckians do drink. IA /.
sure.
Secretary Manning has gone on a !.
voyage, but he threw up Lis position
for he started. He had that adyant,gs
the ocean at any rate.
Cinnamon in eastern cities ara
frequently stoned by the hoodlums n,
they never can be prevailed upon to Il,
"Rock Me to Sleep"
"Ah, Jones, whereaway so fast Il.
mornihg" 'I'm off for the whsi,,
grounds" He was the district scboG
master on his way to the schooIhouse.
An exchange says that in BroB,r
Mich, sportsmen kill big pickers N
clubs in the bitches at the sides OF 4,
streets. This is the kind of sportsus
they have out west perhaps.
Even the fish are observing Lert /,
keeping in retirement out of socisA
That is why they are SO scarce and cops
quently so high.
In recent interview General Schools
said there we're dark days ahead for am,
officers, meaning that with no wars. Al,
hence few deaths, promotion would /
slow. That is really too bad. Oar sys
pathies are with tie poor fellows withOs
prospects in life. But how would it
for some Of cnem 10 resign and try woa
ing for livings The country woaa
try to worry along without them.
Edward Payson Weston, the father d
long distance walking, has again returns
to journalism, his original occupatia
and he is now the member of the sa
of one of the morning papers of M
York.
1t is said that quite a number Of I, 81
senators have mush as a favorite dish im
lunch. That may account for the char
actor of a great deal that is done by tis
senate.
Glass in American history. Teacher
"Why did the north and south engage Ill
civil war;" Johnny Smartboy -"Sotha
the generals could write magazine war Pc
psrs about it," Teacher-"Right. Go bI
the head and stay there for the rest Of
the term"
There are to be no more sunrise and
sunset guns at the government forts, ia
the appropriation for powder has giVsr
out, The poor old sun won't know whI
to rise or to set.
1t is all very well to talk about mid
reading, but the thing that should be e.
couraged is newspaper reading.
Why is a watch dog larger at nga
than he is in the morning? Because b
is let out at night and taken in in tn
morning.
A poultry authority says "hens will hl
certain number of eggs in year" On
experience is that they will lay an uncsr
tain number.
A correspondent wants to know ti'
meaning of "Pro Bono Publico." ms
majority of cases, it means that the Wit
or who thus signs his newspaper con-
II unieation is chronic GROWER.
Manners In the dining room orr
spectacle society it is not CONSIDERED
correct to put your fingers into the plas
before you. But at church, into the plss
that is set before you, all are EXPECTED
to put their aims.
A precocious youth, prompted by@
unpleasant recollection of the last tern
says that school teachers are like dogs
They lick your hands" This cafris
off the palm.
Somebody wants to know what becsl'
of the raven Noah sent ont of tho SiS
since the dove which he sent out slG
returned because she found mo rest to
the sole of her FOOT Perhaps the TsVsD
was drowned for saying "Neuermore'
Steel guns of the largest caliber VII
only stand 200 rounds; after that 'h'i
must be condemned A plain man
ordinary ca,ibre will stand from l'a'
to 10000 rounds. This illustrates nature
superiority over art.
This is one of the silent watches q
the night" remarked Fapgle, as he loOA
ed at his timepiece on arising this morn
ing, and found it had stopped at II P b
A contemporary says: "Blue birds ana
eaterpillars are warbling and basklng y
Bethlehem We never heard caterpAs
MARBLE, but shouldn't think il was as sVss'
q singer as the bluebird.
Pat-"Yes sir; l seed Their accident me-
silf," Reporter-"Was the' engineer =
to1icated?" Pat--"Well sir dunno -vhsl
l seed him breath had entoirely LETT ls
body, 80 / cudn't smell it, bedad
If the last trump should sound, aoom
the uproar of q crashing universe Nol'
resound the voice of Virgins c3
ing out; "I told you So"
Mr.. NIantumRmaker authorizes w